Yew Tree St Cynog’s Church Defynnog

 This Church was established in 1254 .

Ogham Stones were brought to Wales by Irish monks

  Ogham Stone  inscribed in Pictish*  stands in the Church porch . This stone was acquired from a  Roman Tomb .  

*Pictish is ancient Scots/Irish    .

Yew trees are spread across the Church grounds  . Yew groves were sacred to the Druids. . Branches were cut foliage was used in ceremonies ..

  

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 The tree is growing next to a bronze age mound  .Sepulchral possibly  .The tree may have been  planted by the mound builders . Druids associated yew trees with death and rebirth  . For  them yew trees were  a source of serious Juju

Easter 2018

Weather . ..snow  is good , go outside sun is out  blue sky crunchy frozen snow underfoot..... Rain  not so good   muddy fields , dark clouds waiting to piss down  on you without warning . It's been raining constantly here for weeks . The weather forecast doesn't make pleasant reading either ...

  

.Last time out ..Rear axle on the bike snapped , pushed the bike up and over  hills for  a few miles .Back on the main road rang the the mrs for a lift home...

Sweating and freezing ..

Happy Easter ..

Spring Equinox Tuesday, 20 March

Misty Mountain Tops

Usually I walk up over there . Quads and bikes have made the track almost impassable .

Valley floor .Northeast towards the Rhigos Mountain .

Mynydd Caerau Cairns

Three aligned round cairns close to the top of Mynydd Caerau , Garw Valley .

Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns

Three round cairns (SS890942) in different stages of disrepair  near the top of Mynydd Caerau , Garw Valley . Four more Cairns  are on the summit north of the site  .

The East Cairn reduced to a small mound .

                                                     

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Cairns are aligned east west or west east . Depends where you're standing    

Middle Cairn , vandalised what's left is used as a sheep shelter .

  

West Cairn .

 Beacons in the distance  . 

Nice up here .

Carn Mynydd Blaengwynfi